In my personal opinion, yes and no. As in only when you really think they need a good cleaning. I happened to think both our kittens needed to be bathed because Lord knows what they've come in contact with before we got them a week ago. So I bathed them today, which was rather spontaneous of me since I wasn't planning on it till five minutes before I picked them up, locked them in the bathroom with me, and got to work. I made sure the water was luke warm (they like heat) and only about and inch or so high (I didn't want them to have to swim and freak). No soap since I don't have kitty shampoo.
Mason went first (I think he's a bit dirtier for some reason, maybe because he's brown). His feet touched the water and he started to try and get out of my grasp, but he's not much heavier than a stuffed animal so I only had to hold his chest and I could gently scoop the water onto his body. I took him out after about two minutes and rubbed him with a towel and off he went into a self-licking frenzy.
Tucker was next after I drained the water and replaced it with new warm water. Tucker, being more like a kid, was rather dramatic. The second his feet were submerged in water his claws came out and his back arched. He tried clawing his way out--with my arm. So I only had him in there for a little under two minutes, while he slipped and splashed, getting more drenched than Mason in the process. I took him out and patted him down, then he joined Mason, trying to restore his fur with his tongue.
I sat with them and Mason came over and sat with me and I was surprised they didn't condemn me to hell for doing this. They still love me as if it never happened and now I have clean kitties. Yay!
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